With 1 million comments, U.S. net neutrality debate nears first marker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. companies, consumer advocates and citizens submitted more than 1 million comments to the Federal Communications Commission, drawing contentious divisions on the issue of net neutrality as the first deadline to comment approa…
Member of Eisenhower Memorial panel says troubled design is dead
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A member of the commission overseeing construction of the Eisenhower Memorial said on Friday the controversial design by celebrity architect Frank Gehry should be scrapped.
Charges to be dropped for Arizona mother who left children in hot car
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona prosecutors will drop child abuse charges against a woman who generated nationwide attention after leaving her two young sons in a hot car while she went on a job interview, authorities said on Friday.
New Jersey MS-13 gang members charged with racketeering, conspiracy
NEWARK N.J. (Reuters) – Three men described by prosecutors as New Jersey members of MS-13, a street gang with turf stretching from Salvadorean prisons to U.S. coastal cities, appeared in a New Jersey federal court on Friday on charges of racketeering a…
Authorities identify mummified remains of woman in Detroit suburb
(Reuters) – A woman whose mummified remains were found in her garage in a Detroit suburb up to five years after her death has been identified through DNA tests, an official said on Friday.
After U.S. deportation, a Honduran mother and daughter’s uncertain fate
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – When 9-year-old Genesis stepped off a plane in Honduras after being deported from the United States, she was excited at the thought of seeing her cousins. For her mother, Victoria Cordova, the homecoming was terrifying: she fear…
Obama to sign order Monday barring federal discrimination against gays
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will sign an executive order on Monday barring federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, senior administration officials said.
University of Connecticut in $1.3 million settlement deal on sex assault lawsuit
BOSTON (Reuters) – The University of Connecticut on Friday said it had reached a $1.3 million deal to settle a 2013 lawsuit filed by five current and former students charging that the school had mishandled claims of sexual assault and harassment.
Dump-truck driver charged in fatal crash into lake in New Jersey
(Reuters) – A dump-truck driver was charged on Friday with killing another driver after crashing into the back of a car at a red light in New Jersey, sending both vehicles into a lake, the local prosecutor said.
Texas Rangers names its first woman lieutenant
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – The Texas Rangers, the nearly 200-year-old law enforcement agency known for white cowboy hats and silver star badges, has named its first female lieutenant, officials said on Friday.
